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CHAPTER I
All the way home from Maine, Babbitt was certain that he was a changed man. He was converted to serenity. He was going to cease worrying about business. He was going to have more "interests" -- theaters, public affairs, reading. And suddenly, as he finished an especially heavy cigar, he was going to stop smoking.